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# Meme Musicals
I Can Has Cheezburger and LOLcats Take on the Fringe Festival

By Shelby Lee Walsh | Published 2009-08-05 | Pop Culture
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/meme-musicals-i-can-has-cheezburger-lolcats-fringe-festival
References: [blog.urbanoutfitters](http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/blog/i_can_has_cheezburger_the_musiclol) & [icanhascheezburgerthemusiclol.wordpress](http://icanhascheezburgerthemusiclol.wordpress.com/)

If you are a fan of ‘I Can Has Cheezburger,’ you should brace yourself for this exciting news: they are coming out with a musical inspired by I Can Has Cheezburger AND [LOLcats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/taylor-swiftthemed-cats). What is this wonderful cultural masterpiece to be called? It is entitled, “I Can Has Cheezburger: The MusicLOL (of course).

Treat yourself to tickets for this year’s sure to be amazing [Fringe Festival](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/avantgarde-theatrical-experience). Tickets are dwindling just as fast as your brain cells will when you watch this odd musical.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 3.2/10
- Popularity: 29% | Activity: 58% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women
- Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial
- Top markets: North America, Europe

## Categories

[Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet)

## Key Themes

### What's Driving This Trend

- **Meme-inspired Entertainment:** The trend towards creating musicals and other forms of entertainment based on popular internet memes presents an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the entertainment industry.
- **Digital to Physical Crossovers:** The emergence of physical productions based on digital content, such as the I Can Has Cheezburger musical, presents an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the art and performance industries.
- **Humor as a Driving Force:** The success of meme-inspired musicals highlights the growing role of humor in entertainment, and presents an opportunity for disruptive innovation in comedic entertainment.

### Who This Affects Most

- **Entertainment:** The Meme Musicals trend has the potential to disrupt the entertainment industry as it opens up new avenues for creativity and audience engagement.
- **Art:** The trend of digital to physical crossovers presents an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the art industry as artists can leverage online or digital content.
- **Performance:** The success of humor-based productions like the I Can Has Cheezburger musical indicates an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the performance industry by leveraging the power of humor.

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